# MOO vs. LPMUD, Pueblo, etc

"Robert J. Brown" (rj@eli.wariat.org)
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 05:33:38 PDT

- Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

    >>>>> "Mark" == Mark R Bowyer <mbowyer@uk.cv.com> writes:

        Mark> Content-MD5: YNr7Muz9pwX/Q8WOltysjA== Sender:
        Mark> MOO-Cows-Errors@parc.xerox.com Precedence: bulk

        >> From jmax@wimsey.com Fri Jun 14 00:09:23 1996 :
        >>
        >> Hats off to Chaco -- sure wish there were a Mac port.
        >>
        >> --
        >>
        >> -John Maxwell

        Mark> I could be wrong, but as I understand it, due to the still
        Mark> high proportion of academic users on the Net, there are far
        Mark> more Unix users connected than even PC users, let alone Mac
        Mark> users.  Macs probably get a higher showing than in the
        Mark> desktop figures, again because of the academic slant.  But
        Mark> Unix is still the OS of choice on the Net - not just
        Mark> servers, but clients too.

        Mark> Yes, most home users have PCs, but they're dial-up, maybe 3
        Mark> hours a day.  Unix systems tend to be hard-wired on, and get
        Mark> time-shared between students with time to burn.

        Mark> This is where Microsoft Explorer is loosing out, and it's a
        Mark> huge hole that Chaco really need to fix to get better
        Mark> acceptance.

        Mark> Comments?

        Mark> Moredhel/TC.

    I was in the local bookstore last Friday night, and I was really
    suprised to see an entire shelf devoted to Linux.  Not just a shelf
    really, but an entire floor to ceiling bookcase, 6 feet high and 4
    feet wide, with nothing but Linux books on it!  I think Linux is going
    to be a *VERY* serious contender for the desktop and home market in
    the near future, because it *IS* Unix, and it runs on the hardware
    people already own, or can easily obtain, and the software is free:
    you can download it off the net, or you can buy a book a CD-ROM for
    $30.00 or so.  And you can *LEGALLY* give it to friends, etc.  If you
    are a corporate user, one copy gives you all the software for 200 PCs
    in your company.  Microsoft is going to have a real problem with that
    in the near future...

    --
    -----------  "...  And the men went up and viewed Ai."  [Jos 7:2]  -----------
    Robert Jay Brown III  rj@eli.wariat.org  http://eli.wariat.org  1 847 705-0370
    Elijah Laboratories Inc;  759 Independence Drive;  Suite 5;  Palatine IL 60074
    -----  M o d e l i n g   t h e   M e t h o d s   o f   t h e   M i n d  ------